Amended RPwD Act to include persons internally injured by acid ingestion, Centre tells Supreme Court

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India's government has informed the Supreme Court of proposed amendments to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act of 2016 to include victims of forcible acid ingestion, expanding protections retrospectively beyond acid-throwing cases.

The 2016 law had previously recognised only victims of acid-throwing and not forcible acid ingestion; the amendment will have a retrospective effect